THIS WEEK
the beatles concert fundraiser: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Fort Discovery Paul S. Simon Theater, 1 Seventh St.; featuring Ed Turner and Number 9; benefits CSRA Humane Society; $25; csrahumanesociety.org/concert_tickets
teenkeeper boat trip: Saturday and Sunday and April 17 and 18; two-day boat trip down the Savannah River; $75; limited to 40 students; (706) 826-8991, info@savannahriverkeeper.org
audubon society brick pond park field trip: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday; meet behind North Augusta municipal building in parking lot, 100 Georgia Ave.; free, open to public; Paul Koehler (803) 471-0291, pkoehler@audubon.org
celebrating the artist: 7 p.m. Saturday, Old Government House, 432 Telfair St.; annual fundraiser for The Art Factory featuring live auction works by Augusta artists Kath Girdler-Engler and Lillie Morris; over 30 artists donating artwork for silent auction; art, music, food and drinks; $40; (706) 731-0008, info@artfactoryinc.org
AN ARTISTS AFFAIR AT LA MAISON: 3-5 P.M., SUNDAY, La Maison on Telfair, 404 Telfair St.; organic wines, organic tapas and handmade artists' creations including jewelry, art, wood pieces, honey and jams, soap and more; reservations required; $20; wine pairing dinner 5:30 p.m., $69; (706) 722-4805
augusta state university spring 2010 film series: 7 p.m. Mondays through March 29; Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way, University Hall 170; Monday, Ricky, not rated; March 22, Crude, not rated; March 29, A Town Called Panic, not rated; free, open to public; (706) 729-2416
THE LIFE OF A BROADWAY ACTRESS: 12:30 P.M. TUESDAy, Augusta State University, 170 University Hall, 2500 Walton Way; Sandy Rosenberg, a Broadway actress who will be performing at the Imperial Theatre in a production of Menopause the Musical, giving a presentation followed by a question-answer session; Steve Clements (706) 667-4025; (706) 737-1444
SIERRA CLUB MEETING: 6:30 P.M. TUESDAY, Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta, 3501 Walton Way Extension; Bill Fisher presenting a program on home and business solar panels; Judy Gordon, gordonjudith@att.net
Upcoming
AUDUBON SOCIETY LOVERS LANE AND AUGUSTA LEVEE FIELD TRIP: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 20; meet at Popeye's Chicken, 450 Walton Way; free, open to public; Paul Koehler (803) 471-0291, pkoehler@audubon.org
CANAL CLEANUP: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 20; meet at Lake Olmstead Park near the Boat Ramp, Milledge Road; volunteers needed for the semiannual clean-up; volunteers with canoes or kayak needed; picnic lunch served to volunteers following cleanup; (706) 925-1130, mejacobson@comcast.net
A PETERSBURG BOAT PILOT: 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 20, April 10, May 8, June 5, July 24, Augusta Museum of History, 560 Reynolds St.; character monologue based on oral histories of a man who piloted cotton boats from Petersburg to Augusta during the mid-19th century until 1900; (706) 722-8454
PAWS IN THE PARK: Fundraiser for CSRA Humane Society; registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Saturday, March 20, CSRA Humane Society pet shelter, 425 Wood St.; BEHAVIORAL DOG INTERVENTION AREA, REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP, FACE PAINTING BOOTH, $12 T-SHIRTS, PHOTO BOOTH, PET MICROCHIPPING AND MORE; (706) 261-7387
STEAK AND BURGER DINNER: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, Augusta State University, Christenberry Fieldhouse, 3109 Wrightsboro Road; speaker Dale Murphy, former Atlanta Braves player; call for ticket information; Kathy DeLoach (706) 504-4071 ext. 13